Aluminum tubes may be cylindrical or square in shape, and they vary in terms of outside diameter (OD), inside diameter (ID) and alloy type. Aluminum tubing can be formed by a number of processes, including roll-forming, extrusion and CNC-machining. Aluminum tubing is widely used in the aerospace, chemical and food processing industries, although it has also found use in automotive manufacturing, medical equipment production and a variety of other fields. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Metalmen Sales Inc.
Long Island City, NY | 800-767-9494Metalmen has the largest inventory of Al 1100 plate and bar in North America. We can serve our customers with other Al alloys in foils , sheet, rod, channel, angle, tube and pipe.
Metal Associates
Pompton Plains, NJ | 800-838-1978Our company may have started small, but we quickly grew to handle the largest aluminum orders. Our metals are made from the highest quality materials, and we pledge to offer superior service to all our customers.
Parker Steel Company
Toledo, OH | 800-333-4140As the largest metric metals supplier in North America, Parker Steel stocks only metric sizes in carbon & stainless steel, aluminum, alloy, brass & even copper. With over 4,800 line items, choose us for your aluminum needs, including round, hex, square & rectangular bars, equal & unequal angles, tees, channels, hot & cold rolled sheets & plates, wire, round tubing, square & rectangular tubes.
MetalsDepot®
Winchester, KY | 859-745-2650MetalsDepot, created in 1999 as the retail arm of Ledford Steel Company, specifically satisfies small quantity metals orders. We will cut aluminum and a wide variety of other metals to length at low costs and won’t demand minimums. Click on our name to the left for simple, speedy ordering.
Pierce Aluminum
Franklin, MA | 800-336-1358Full & diversified inventory of aluminum sheets, coils, plates, bars, structural shapes, tubes, pipes & extrusions in the most varied alloys & sizes possible, plus cutting edge manufacturing of finished aluminum parts, even complex assemblies, prototypes & production. With value-added processing, custom stocking programs & quick turnaround, no wonder Pierce Aluminum is a leading one stop solution.
Aluminum Tubing - Metalmen
Aluminum Tubing - MetalmenAluminum tubes are important throughout industry, commerce and consumer products contexts. Industrial manufacturers make extensive use of aluminum tubes and pipes for the transportations of fluids or free-flowing solids in large quantities. Commercial operations such as greenhouses may use bent aluminum tubes as structural elements, and farms may use aluminum tubes for irrigation purposes. Many consumer products also involve aluminum tubes in some way. For example, thin, light-weight aluminum tubes are frequently used in the construction of outdoor furniture.
Important considerations when selecting aluminum tubing include pressure rating, maximum bend radius and temperature range. Aluminum performs very well at low temperatures but may fail at higher temperatures unless it is tempered. Aluminum tubing may also be anodized, which adds to the resistance capabilities of the outer coating and makes it possible to dye the aluminum. Anodizing is the process of endowing the surface of a metal with an oxide layer. This oxide layer makes further oxidization (another word for corrosion) of the metal impossible.
Because aluminum is considered to be naturally corrosion resistant, anodized aluminum is very corrosion resistant. Aluminum tubing can benefit from the anodization process, especially when it is employed in settings where it is likely to be exposed to corrosive substances like salt water. Aluminum tubing, pipes, sheets, rods, plates and bars are among the most common shapes offered by aluminum suppliers. Each variety is constantly in demand across industrial and commercial contexts.